Sweet girl. This whole thing hasn’t been very easy for her, I’m afraid. Being separated from Daddy and sleeping in a host of different beds has made for a lot of sleepless nights and a new fear of shadows. My parents have been amazing (taking the three of us in AND all of the “stuff”, not too mention a china cabinet I drug home the other day) but I think we are all ready for a return to normalcy. We postponed potty training under the guise that we’d tackle it during our stay here, but now I’m afraid Charlie will regress if we don’t wait until we are finally settled in a home of our own. I changed her diaper at the mall the other day, and the fact that her legs hung off the side of the changing table was the tipping point for me. I never would have waited this long – but I guess in the end, it’s really when she’s ready, and to be honest, she doesn’t seem like she is.
All of this to say, I’m having a lot of anxiety about it. Like she’ll be wearing diapers to the 2nd grade. I know. Pretty dumb, right? I bought her a book and some “big girl” panties and have been talking up the potty like it’s made of gold. Hopefully, we’ll make a little bit of progress this next month. If not, August is when we crack the hammer. Lock the doors, shut the windows…the Bischoff’s are hibernating for an entire weekend of racing Charlie to the potty every 10 minutes. Sounds like fun, eh?
Like the dress. The potty bit will work. When it is started, "don't go back to diapers (except in emergency) and nighttime. Do potty chair on morning rising, after naps, meals and in between. Something may happen and sometimes nothing! Little Charlie will get the idea…hopefully you get a time when she wets in the commode and she will enjoy dry panties. Do they still make training pants?